This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Treat Me Evil that begins with:
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- Rhyme scheme: AAaBC AAaBC dceac Xdc Fc AAaBCFaC ECXAaCBCECAcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,3,2,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1111 1 10111010 11010 111 1111 1 10111010 11010 11100011 11110 111110111 1 11110 111101 1111 1110 1101110 1111010 111 1111 1 10111010 11010 1101110 1 11010 111101 11110010 11111100 1 11010 10111010 11010 111101 11110010 11111100 111110 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, evil are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same words you, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines evil is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word evil at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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